Calystegia subacaulis

Hill morning glory

Family: Convolvulaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Hill morning glory is a California native perennial found in coastal and interior mountain regions in grassy or rocky habitats. Flowering from March to June, this plant produces white or cream flowers with delicate pink or purple tints, 3 to 6 centimeters long. Growing with decumbent or ascending stems 2 to 20 centimeters tall, it emerges from a woody underground caudex and is slightly hairy. Its triangular-hastate leaves are 3 to 4 centimeters long with small backward-directed lobes and a tapered base ending in an acute to rounded tip. The plant's distinctive bracts partially hide the flower's calyx and measure 7 to 17 millimeters long.

California counties: Contra Costa, Santa Clara, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Napa, Lake, Colusa, Marin, Alameda, Monterey, San Francisco, San Mateo, Sonoma, Mendocino, San Benito, Solano, Santa Cruz

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.